The Abel Axe was an aluminium bodied electric guitar. The body of the Abel Axe was CNC machined from a solid slab of aircraft grade aluminium.
The Abel Axe had two Kent Armstrong pickups, Sperzel locking tuners, a Kahler tremolo or Gotoh fixed bridge, a bolt-on maple neck with 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (25.5 inch scale).
All guitars were sold direct to the customer.Prices (in 1995) were $995 with fixed bridge and $1095 with tremolo. You could buy the body only for $450.
There were six colour options: red, black, blue, teal, violet and aluminium (silver). The colours were not painted but anodized. Production of the ABEL AXE began in 1994 and ended in 1996